EP2073373A2 - Method for controlling motor of air conditioner - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner, and more specifically to a method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner, which can ensure a minimum zero vector application time.
- An air conditioner is an apparatus disposed in space, such as rooms, dining rooms, office rooms, and shops, and adapted to control temperature, moisture, cleaning and air stream of the air in order to maintain pleasant indoor environments.
- An air conditioner is generally divided into a unit type and a separate type.
- the unit type and the separate type are identical in terms of their functions.
- the unit type includes an integrated cooling and heat-dissipation function and is installed in a wall of a house or hung on a wall.
- an indoor unit having the cooling/heating functions is installed indoors and an outdoor unit having the heat-dissipation and compression functions is installed outdoors and thereafter both the units are connected by refrigerant ducts.
- the air conditioner uses motors for compressors, fans, and so on and also employs a method of controlling the motors for driving them. That is, a motor control method of converting commercial AC power into DC power and converting the DC power into AC power of a specific frequency again is used.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner, which can ensure a minimum zero vector application time.
- a method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can ensure an application time of a minimum zero vector.
- an output current can be detected stably. Consequently, at the time of control, accurate control is made possible.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner pertinent the present invention.
- an air conditioner 50 is largely divided into an indoor unit I and an outdoor unit O.
- the outdoor unit O includes a compressor 2 functioning to compress refrigerant, a motor 2b for the compressor for driving the compressor, an outdoor-side heat exchanger 4 functioning to dissipate heat of compressed refrigerant, an outdoor ventilation fan 5, including an outdoor fan 5a disposed on one side of the outdoor heat exchanger 5 and configured to accelerate heat dissipation of refrigerant and a motor 5b for rotating the outdoor fan 5a, an expansion mechanism 6 for expanding condensed refrigerant, a cooling/heating switching valve 10 for switching the flow passage of compressed refrigerant, an accumulator 3 for temporarily storing vaporized refrigerant, removing moisture and alien substance from the refrigerant and supplying refrigerant of a specific pressure to the compressor, and so on.
- the indoor unit I includes an indoor-side heat exchanger 8 disposed indoor and performing a cooling/heating function, an indoor ventilation fan 9 disposed on one side of the indoor-side heat exchanger 8 and including an indoor fan 9a for accelerating heat dissipation of refrigerant and a motor 9b for rotating the indoor fan 9a, and so on.
- At least one indoor-side heat exchanger 8 can be installed.
- the compressor 2 can employ at least one of an inverter compressor and a constant speed compressor.
- the air conditioner 50 can be constructed as a cooling device for cooling the indoor or a heat pump for cooling or heating the indoor.
- the motor in the motor controller of the air conditioner in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can be each of motor 2b, 5b,and 9b for operating the compressor, the outdoor fan, and the indoor fan.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a motor controller of an air conditioner, which is related to a method of controlling a motor of the air conditioner in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing field weakening control.
- FIG. 4 is a timing diagram showing SVPWM waveforms.
- FIG. 5 is an internal block diagram of the microcomputer of FIG. 2 .
- the motor controller 200 of the air conditioner in accordance with the present invention includes a converter 210, an inverter 220, and a microcomputer 230.
- the motor controller 200 of the air conditioner of FIG. 2 may further include a reactor L, a smoothing capacitor C, dc terminal voltage detection means, output current detection means E, and so on.
- the reactor L is disposed between commercial AC power and the converter 210 and performs power factor correction or a boosting operation.
- the reactor L can also function to limit the harmonic current through high-speed switching of the converter.
- the converter 210 converts the commercial AC power, passing through the reactor L, into DC power and outputs converted DC power.
- the commercial AC power has been illustrated as single-phase AC power, it may be three-phase AC power.
- An internal configuration of the converter 210 may vary depending on the type of commercial AC power. For example, in the case of single-phase AC power, a half-bridge type converter having two switching elements and four diodes connected may be used. In the case of three-phase AC power, six switching elements and six diodes may be used.
- the converter 210 includes a plurality of switching elements and performs a boosting operation, power factor improvements and DC power conversion through the switching operation.
- the smoothing capacitor C is connected to the output terminal of the converter 210 and functions to smooth converted DC power output from the converter 210.
- the output terminal of the converter 210 is hereinafter referred to as a 'dc terminal' or a 'dc link terminal'.
- the DC voltage smoothed at the dc terminal is applied to the inverter 220.
- the dc terminal voltage detection means D detects a dc terminal voltage Vdc across the smoothing capacitor C. To this end, the dc terminal voltage detection means D includes a resistor element, etc. The detected dc terminal voltage Vdc is input to the microcomputer 230 for purposes of generating a converter switching control signal Scc or field weakening control. Contents regarding field weakening control will be described later on with reference to FIG. 3 .
- the inverter 220 includes a plurality of inverter switching elements.
- the inverter 220 converts smoothed DC power into three-phase AC power of a specific frequency through the on/off operations of the switching elements and outputs the converted AC power. More specifically, an upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element, which are connected in series, form one pair. A total of three pairs of the upper and lower arm switching elements Sa&Sa', Sb&Sb', and Sc&Sc' are connected in parallel.
- the three-phase AC power output from the inverter 220 is applied to respective phases u, v, and w of a three-phase motor 250.
- the three-phase motor 250 is equipped with a stator and a rotor. Each phase AC power having a specific frequency is applied to the stator coil of each phase, so that the rotor is rotated.
- Types of the three-phase motor 250 can be a BLDC motor.
- the output current detection means E detects an output current at the output terminal of the inverter 220, which flows through the motor 250.
- the output current detection means E may be located between the inverter 220 and the motor 250 and may employ a current sensor, a current transformer (CT), a shunt resistor or the like for current detection.
- CT current transformer
- the output current detection means E may be a shunt resistor having one terminal connected to the three lower arm switching elements of the inverter 220.
- a detected output current i o is input to the microcomputer 230, and an inverter switching control signal Sic is generated based on the detected output current i o .
- the microcomputer 230 controls the inverter 220. To this end, the microcomputer 230 outputs the inverter switching control signal Sic, that is, a PWM signal to the inverter 220 and therefore controls the on/off operations of the switching elements within the inverter 220.
- Sic the inverter switching control signal
- the microcomputer 230 includes an estimation unit 505, a current command generator 510, a voltage command generator 520, and a switching control signal output unit 530.
- the estimation unit 505 estimates the position and velocity v of the rotor of the motor based on the output current i o detected by the output current detection means E.
- the current command generator 510 generates d,q-axis current command values i * d , i * q based on the estimated velocity v and a velocity command value v * through a PI controller, etc.
- the voltage command generator 520 generates d,q-axis voltage command values v * d , v * q based on the d,q-axis current command values i * d , i * q and a detected output current i o through a PI controller, etc.
- the switching control signal output unit 530 outputs the switching control signal Sic, that is, a PWM signal based on the d,q-axis voltage command values v * d , v * q in order to drive the inverter switching elements.
- the output current i o input to the voltage command generator 520 can be a value that is transformed in the d,q axes.
- the microcomputer 230 performs field weakening control in order to drive the motor to a maximum velocity. If a permanent magnet of the motor 250 is rotated, counter electromotive force is generated. The amount of counter electromotive force increases as the velocity of the motor 250 increases. Thus, the velocity of the motor 250 is limited according to a limit value of DC power (dc terminal power).
- field weakening control for controlling the velocity of the motor by generating current, which offsets the amount of magnetic flux generated in the permanent magnet, is performed.
- an abscissa axis is a d-axis current i d of the rotating reference frames and a vertical axis is a q-axis current iq.
- a curve L denotes a current limit curve from the d-axis current i d and the q-axis current iq.
- a curve M denotes a voltage limit curve according to the limit value of the dc terminal voltage Vdc.
- a curve N denotes an optimal current command curve decided according to the velocity command value v * in the current command generator (510 of FIG. 5 ).
- a period (1) of FIG. 3 shows that the current command values i * d , i * q are decided according to the optimal current command curve N in such a way as to track the velocity command value v * as the velocity command value v * increases.
- the current command values i * d , i * q are decided according to the period (1) and the voltage limit curve M is reached, the current command values of the motor do no longer track the optimal current command curve N. That is, it becomes a state where a maximum value of the dc terminal voltage Vdc is used, so that the velocity of the motor 250 is no longer increased.
- the microcomputer 230 performs field weakening control for controlling the velocity of the motor by generating current, which offsets the amount of magnetic flux generated in the permanent magnet. That is, the d-axis current command value i * d is further lowered below the optimal current command curve N and the q-axis current command value i * q is increased that much. In other words, the microcomputer 230 tracks a period (2) in order to decide the current command values i * d , i * q according to the voltage limit curve M.
- the microcomputer 230 controls a first zero vector application time (T o1 /2), applied to the upper arm switching elements Sa, Sb, and Sc within the inverter, or a second zero vector application time (T o2 /2), applied to the lower arm switching elements Sa', Sb', and Sc' within the inverter, to become a specific value or more.
- the specific value can be decided based on the output current i o flowing through the motor 250. That is, the specific value is decided according to a minimum value of the output current i o at the time of field weakening control.
- the specific value is set based on a minimum duty ratio applied to the motor 250.
- the minimum duty ratio is 10%, a corresponding time can become the specific value.
- This minimum duty ratio can be a value set to detect the output current i o .
- the full duty of the inverter switching control signal Sic can be set to 90%. This value can be set to detect the output current i o .
- the first zero vector application time (T o1 /2) applied to the upper arm switching elements Sa, Sb, and Sc or the second zero vector application time (T o2 /2) applied to the lower arm switching elements Sa', Sb', and Sc' is preferably set to be a specific time or more in which the output current detection means E can detect the output current i o .
- the switching control signal can be generated based on the output current i o by detecting the output current i o . That is, stable and accurate control is made possible.
- FIG. 4 shows on/off timings of the respective switching elements Sa, Sb, and Sc.
- Ts denotes a unit switching control time.
- the method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner in accordance with the present invention can be employed to ensure a minimum zero vector application time so that an output current can be detected stably when detecting the output current.
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- The present invention relates to a method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner, and more specifically to a method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner, which can ensure a minimum zero vector application time.
- An air conditioner is an apparatus disposed in space, such as rooms, dining rooms, office rooms, and shops, and adapted to control temperature, moisture, cleaning and air stream of the air in order to maintain pleasant indoor environments.
- An air conditioner is generally divided into a unit type and a separate type. The unit type and the separate type are identical in terms of their functions. The unit type includes an integrated cooling and heat-dissipation function and is installed in a wall of a house or hung on a wall. In the separate type, an indoor unit having the cooling/heating functions is installed indoors and an outdoor unit having the heat-dissipation and compression functions is installed outdoors and thereafter both the units are connected by refrigerant ducts.
- Meanwhile, the air conditioner uses motors for compressors, fans, and so on and also employs a method of controlling the motors for driving them. That is, a motor control method of converting commercial AC power into DC power and converting the DC power into AC power of a specific frequency again is used.
- When controlling the motor, counter electromotive force caused by the motor is generated. This counter electromotive force functions to limit the velocity of the motor. As the velocity of the motor increases, the amount of counter electromotive force caused increases, which makes a high-speed operation of the motor difficult. In particular, even if a maximum value of DC power is used, a high-speed operation of the motor becomes difficult. In order to prevent this problem, a variety of schemes, such as an increase of the maximum value of DC power or field weakening control, have been discussed.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner, which can ensure a minimum zero vector application time.
- In accordance with an aspect of the present invention there is provided a method according to the accompanying claims.
- A method of controlling a three-phase motor of an air conditioner by using an inverter including a total of three pairs of upper and lower arm switching elements connected in parallel, wherein the motor includes a stator coil and a rotor of a permanent magnet and the upper and lower arm switching elements are connected in series to form a pair, the method including the steps of performing field weakening control in order to improve a velocity of the rotor by offsetting an amount of magnetic flux, generated by the permanent magnet, in a state where a PWM signal having a maximum duty is applied to the motor, and controlling a zero vector application time applied to the upper arm switching elements or the lower arm switching elements to become a specific value or more.
- A method of controlling a three-phase motor of an air conditioner by using an inverter including a total of three pairs of upper and lower arm switching elements connected in parallel, wherein the motor includes a stator coil and a rotor of a permanent magnet and the upper and lower arm switching elements are connected in series to form a pair, the method including the steps of performing field weakening control in order to improve a velocity of the rotor by offsetting an amount of magnetic flux, generated by the permanent magnet, in a state where a PWM signal having a maximum duty is applied to the motor, and controlling a zero vector application time applied to the upper arm switching elements or the lower arm switching elements to become a specific value or more where an output current flowing through the motor can be detected.
- A method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can ensure an application time of a minimum zero vector. Thus, an output current can be detected stably. Consequently, at the time of control, accurate control is made possible.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner pertinent to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a motor controller of an air conditioner, which is related to a method of controlling a motor of the air conditioner in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing field weakening control; -
FIG. 4 is a timing diagram showing SVPWM waveforms; and -
FIG. 5 is an internal block diagram of a microcomputer ofFIG. 2 . - Hereafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner pertinent the present invention. - Referring to the drawing, an
air conditioner 50 is largely divided into an indoor unit I and an outdoor unit O. - The outdoor unit O includes a
compressor 2 functioning to compress refrigerant, amotor 2b for the compressor for driving the compressor, an outdoor-side heat exchanger 4 functioning to dissipate heat of compressed refrigerant, anoutdoor ventilation fan 5, including anoutdoor fan 5a disposed on one side of theoutdoor heat exchanger 5 and configured to accelerate heat dissipation of refrigerant and amotor 5b for rotating theoutdoor fan 5a, anexpansion mechanism 6 for expanding condensed refrigerant, a cooling/heating switching valve 10 for switching the flow passage of compressed refrigerant, an accumulator 3 for temporarily storing vaporized refrigerant, removing moisture and alien substance from the refrigerant and supplying refrigerant of a specific pressure to the compressor, and so on. - The indoor unit I includes an indoor-side heat exchanger 8 disposed indoor and performing a cooling/heating function, an
indoor ventilation fan 9 disposed on one side of the indoor-side heat exchanger 8 and including anindoor fan 9a for accelerating heat dissipation of refrigerant and amotor 9b for rotating theindoor fan 9a, and so on. - At least one indoor-side heat exchanger 8 can be installed. The
compressor 2 can employ at least one of an inverter compressor and a constant speed compressor. Further, theair conditioner 50 can be constructed as a cooling device for cooling the indoor or a heat pump for cooling or heating the indoor. - Meanwhile, the motor in the motor controller of the air conditioner in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can be each of
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FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a motor controller of an air conditioner, which is related to a method of controlling a motor of the air conditioner in accordance with the present invention.FIG. 3 is a diagram showing field weakening control. -
FIG. 4 is a timing diagram showing SVPWM waveforms.FIG. 5 is an internal block diagram of the microcomputer ofFIG. 2 . - Referring to the drawings, the motor controller 200 of the air conditioner in accordance with the present invention includes a
converter 210, aninverter 220, and amicrocomputer 230. The motor controller 200 of the air conditioner ofFIG. 2 may further include a reactor L, a smoothing capacitor C, dc terminal voltage detection means, output current detection means E, and so on. - The reactor L is disposed between commercial AC power and the
converter 210 and performs power factor correction or a boosting operation. The reactor L can also function to limit the harmonic current through high-speed switching of the converter. - The
converter 210 converts the commercial AC power, passing through the reactor L, into DC power and outputs converted DC power. Although, in the drawing, the commercial AC power has been illustrated as single-phase AC power, it may be three-phase AC power. An internal configuration of theconverter 210 may vary depending on the type of commercial AC power. For example, in the case of single-phase AC power, a half-bridge type converter having two switching elements and four diodes connected may be used. In the case of three-phase AC power, six switching elements and six diodes may be used. Theconverter 210 includes a plurality of switching elements and performs a boosting operation, power factor improvements and DC power conversion through the switching operation. - The smoothing capacitor C is connected to the output terminal of the
converter 210 and functions to smooth converted DC power output from theconverter 210. The output terminal of theconverter 210 is hereinafter referred to as a 'dc terminal' or a 'dc link terminal'. The DC voltage smoothed at the dc terminal is applied to theinverter 220. - The dc terminal voltage detection means D detects a dc terminal voltage Vdc across the smoothing capacitor C. To this end, the dc terminal voltage detection means D includes a resistor element, etc. The detected dc terminal voltage Vdc is input to the
microcomputer 230 for purposes of generating a converter switching control signal Scc or field weakening control. Contents regarding field weakening control will be described later on with reference toFIG. 3 . - The
inverter 220 includes a plurality of inverter switching elements. Theinverter 220 converts smoothed DC power into three-phase AC power of a specific frequency through the on/off operations of the switching elements and outputs the converted AC power. More specifically, an upper arm switching element and a lower arm switching element, which are connected in series, form one pair. A total of three pairs of the upper and lower arm switching elements Sa&Sa', Sb&Sb', and Sc&Sc' are connected in parallel. - Here, the three-phase AC power output from the
inverter 220 is applied to respective phases u, v, and w of a three-phase motor 250. The three-phase motor 250 is equipped with a stator and a rotor. Each phase AC power having a specific frequency is applied to the stator coil of each phase, so that the rotor is rotated. Types of the three-phase motor 250 can be a BLDC motor. - The output current detection means E detects an output current at the output terminal of the
inverter 220, which flows through themotor 250. The output current detection means E may be located between theinverter 220 and themotor 250 and may employ a current sensor, a current transformer (CT), a shunt resistor or the like for current detection. - Further, the output current detection means E may be a shunt resistor having one terminal connected to the three lower arm switching elements of the
inverter 220. A detected output current io is input to themicrocomputer 230, and an inverter switching control signal Sic is generated based on the detected output current io. - The
microcomputer 230 controls theinverter 220. To this end, themicrocomputer 230 outputs the inverter switching control signal Sic, that is, a PWM signal to theinverter 220 and therefore controls the on/off operations of the switching elements within theinverter 220. - Referring to
FIG. 5 , themicrocomputer 230 includes anestimation unit 505, acurrent command generator 510, avoltage command generator 520, and a switching controlsignal output unit 530. - The
estimation unit 505 estimates the position and velocity v of the rotor of the motor based on the output current io detected by the output current detection means E. - The
current command generator 510 generates d,q-axis current command values i* d, i* q based on the estimated velocity v and a velocity command value v* through a PI controller, etc. - The
voltage command generator 520 generates d,q-axis voltage command values v* d, v* q based on the d,q-axis current command values i* d, i* q and a detected output current io through a PI controller, etc. - The switching control
signal output unit 530 outputs the switching control signal Sic, that is, a PWM signal based on the d,q-axis voltage command values v* d, v* q in order to drive the inverter switching elements. - Here, the output current io input to the
voltage command generator 520 can be a value that is transformed in the d,q axes. - Meanwhile, the
microcomputer 230 performs field weakening control in order to drive the motor to a maximum velocity. If a permanent magnet of themotor 250 is rotated, counter electromotive force is generated. The amount of counter electromotive force increases as the velocity of themotor 250 increases. Thus, the velocity of themotor 250 is limited according to a limit value of DC power (dc terminal power). As a solution for solving this problem, field weakening control for controlling the velocity of the motor by generating current, which offsets the amount of magnetic flux generated in the permanent magnet, is performed. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , an abscissa axis is a d-axis current id of the rotating reference frames and a vertical axis is a q-axis current iq. A curve L denotes a current limit curve from the d-axis current id and the q-axis current iq. A curve M denotes a voltage limit curve according to the limit value of the dc terminal voltage Vdc. Meanwhile, a curve N denotes an optimal current command curve decided according to the velocity command value v* in the current command generator (510 ofFIG. 5 ). - A period (1) of
FIG. 3 shows that the current command values i* d, i* q are decided according to the optimal current command curve N in such a way as to track the velocity command value v* as the velocity command value v* increases. - Meanwhile, if the current command values i* d, i* q are decided according to the period (1) and the voltage limit curve M is reached, the current command values of the motor do no longer track the optimal current command curve N. That is, it becomes a state where a maximum value of the dc terminal voltage Vdc is used, so that the velocity of the
motor 250 is no longer increased. - To this end, the
microcomputer 230 performs field weakening control for controlling the velocity of the motor by generating current, which offsets the amount of magnetic flux generated in the permanent magnet. That is, the d-axis current command value i* d is further lowered below the optimal current command curve N and the q-axis current command value i* q is increased that much. In other words, themicrocomputer 230 tracks a period (2) in order to decide the current command values i* d, i* q according to the voltage limit curve M. - In such field weakening control, referring to
FIG. 4 , in the case in which the optimal current command curve N is tracked and the voltage limit curve M is then reached in the period (1), that is, the duty of the inverter switching control signal Sic output from themicrocomputer 230 reaches a full duty, the period (2) is tracked. - Meanwhile, upon this field weakening control, the
microcomputer 230 controls a first zero vector application time (To1/2), applied to the upper arm switching elements Sa, Sb, and Sc within the inverter, or a second zero vector application time (To2/2), applied to the lower arm switching elements Sa', Sb', and Sc' within the inverter, to become a specific value or more. - Here, the specific value can be decided based on the output current io flowing through the
motor 250. That is, the specific value is decided according to a minimum value of the output current io at the time of field weakening control. - Meanwhile, the specific value is set based on a minimum duty ratio applied to the
motor 250. When the minimum duty ratio is 10%, a corresponding time can become the specific value. This minimum duty ratio can be a value set to detect the output current io. - Meanwhile, the full duty of the inverter switching control signal Sic can be set to 90%. This value can be set to detect the output current io.
- Consequently, upon field weakening control, the first zero vector application time (To1/2) applied to the upper arm switching elements Sa, Sb, and Sc or the second zero vector application time (To2/2) applied to the lower arm switching elements Sa', Sb', and Sc' is preferably set to be a specific time or more in which the output current detection means E can detect the output current io. This is because, despite field weakening control, the switching control signal can be generated based on the output current io by detecting the output current io. That is, stable and accurate control is made possible.
- Meanwhile,
FIG. 4 shows on/off timings of the respective switching elements Sa, Sb, and Sc. Ts denotes a unit switching control time. When the upper arm switching element Sa becomes on, the lower arm switching element Sa' becomes off. - Therefore, the above-described embodiments should be construed to be illustrative and limitative from all aspects. Furthermore, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the above detailed description. Thus, the present invention should be construed to cover all modifications or variations induced from the meaning and range of the appended claims and their equivalents.
- The method of controlling a motor of an air conditioner in accordance with the present invention can be employed to ensure a minimum zero vector application time so that an output current can be detected stably when detecting the output current.
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- A method of controlling a three-phase motor of an air conditioner by using an inverter including a total of three pairs of upper and lower arm switching elements connected in parallel, wherein the motor includes a stator coil and a rotor of a permanent magnet and the upper and lower arm switching elements are connected in series to form a pair, the method comprising the steps of:performing field weakening control by offsetting an amount of magnetic flux, generated by the permanent magnet; andcontrolling a zero vector application time applied to the upper arm switching elements or the lower arm switching elements to become a specific value or more.
- The method according to claim 1, wherein the field weakening control is performed in a state where the PWM signal having a maximum duty is applied to the motor.
- The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the specific value is set based on an amount of an output current flowing through the motor.
- The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the specific value is set based on a minimum duty ratio applied to the motor.
- The method according to claim 4, wherein the minimum duty ratio is 10%.
- The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the field weakening control is performed so that an amount of current in any one axis, of phase currents flowing through the three-phase motor, which are axially transformed into two axes according to rotating reference frames, is decreased.
- The method according to claim 2, wherein a maximum duty ratio of the PWM pulse is 90%.
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